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AssigneeKoenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsPatrick Kress, Volkmar Rolf Schwitzky, Ralf Harald Sokol
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The invention relates to a method for arranging a printing plate onto a plate cylinder that has a channel in which a front and a rear clamping device are arranged. The rear clamping device is part of a slide that is arranged to be movable towards the front clamping device along a clamping path. In a first phase of the clamping process, the slide, together with a rear printing plate end that is clamped into the rear clamping device, is moved towards a first channel wall, and the printing plate is thereby clamped. In a second phase of the clamping process, the printing plate is released again, and the at least one slide is moved away from the first channel wall and towards a second channel wall. In a third phase of the clamping process, the slide, together with the rear printing plate end that is clamped into the rear clamping device, is again moved towards the first channel wall, and the printing plate is thereby clamped.
Method for arranging a printing plate (73) on a plate cylinder (07) that has at least one channel (13), in which at least one front clamping device (21) and at least one rear clamping device (61) are arranged, the at least one rear clamping device (61) being part at least of a slide (102) that is arranged to be movable along a tensioning path towards the at least one front clamping device (21) by means of at least one tensioning drive (104) within the at least one channel (13), in a first section of a tensioning process the at least one slide (102) together with a rear end (76) of the printing plate (73) tensioned in the at least one rear clamping device (61) being moved along the tensioning path towards the at least one front clamping device (21) and a first channel wall (18) whereby the printing plate (73) is tensioned and subsequently in a second section of the tensioning process the printing plate (73) being released again by the at least one slide (102) being moved away from the first channel wall (19) and towards a second channel wall (19) and subsequently in a third section of the tensioning process the at least one slide (102) together with the rear end (76) of the printing plate (73) tensioned in the at least one rear clamping device (61) being moved again towards the at least one front clamping device (21) and the first channel wall (18) whereby the printing plate (73) is tensioned.
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